Tag: Islamabad
CTP issues traffic plan for PML-N meeting
The City Traffic Police (CTP) Rawalpindi has promulgated a special plan for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s public meeting at Liaqat Bagh to ensure the public’s...
Electioneering intensifies as polls approach
Campaigning peaks in all quarters of the city as May 11 draws near.
Political banners, posters and flags adorn all public places, and election camps...
Sharifs, Fazal, Zardari are no match for Khan: Hashmi
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Monday vowed that the Sharif brothers, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and President Asif Ali Zardari combined were no...
Children’s puppet show raises social awareness
The Ministry of National Heritage and Integration Pakistan National Council of the Arts conducted a children’s puppet show covering social responsibility themes on Sunday.
Regularly...
Kabul, Islamabad trade barbs again
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan flared up on Monday as fresh border clashes erupted between the neighboring states, followed by Kabul’s warning to Islamabad...
‘No justice for murdered journalists’
World Press Freedom Day observed to raise awareness on freedom of expression
Journalists condemn attack on INP office, say Pakistan not a safe place for...
‘Pakistani journalists playing vital role for freedom of expression’
Pakistani journalists are playing a vital role in securing freedom of express in the country but at a very higher cost, said panelists at...
Know thy right to express
The World Press Freedom Day was observed on Friday to raise awareness among people that freedom of expression is a fundamental human right.
The World...
Young people dominate electoral demography of country: Zafarullah
Young people dominate electoral demography of the country and hold the key to get the country rid of rusted governance by exercising their right...
Cultural show to honor Pakhtoon heritage
The Islamabad Pakhtoon Association and Lok Virsa National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage are collaborating on a live cultural show featuring leading Pashto...
RTMA removes illegal elections posters, hoardings
A Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) raiding team on Friday removed 70 political banners and 50 hoardings that exceeded the allowed size on Friday,...
Tax exemption granted for election banners
The cantonment boards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala approved tax exemptions for political banner placement by election candidates on Friday.
Resultantly, the boards will incur revenue...
Loudspeakers: an election nuisance
The residents of Rawalpindi and Islamabad called on the district authorities on Friday to ban the use of loudspeakers, particularly around schools, colleges, hospitals...
Celebrating unsung heroes: International Firefighters’ Day today
The International Firefighters' Day will be observed today. On this day, the world honors the brave sacrifices of firefighters everywhere. International Firefighter’s Day was...
CDA anti-encroachment drive meets stiff resistance
PPP workers beat CDA enforcement team on removing banners of their candidate
The Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s anti-encroachment team demolished illegal slums in sectors G-9,...
Freedom of expression takes toll on journalists’ lives
Pakistani journalists are paying a heavy price for having the freedom to express in the country as five of them have already been killed...
Electioneering witnesses new heights in twin cities
As countdown for the general elections begins, political hustle and bustle is seen at every nook and corner of the twin cities with almost...